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boehner says $800 billion. in the olden days they would just split the different at 1.2 trillion, come up with some number in between. is that likely this time? >> well, that's the number that has been banting around. it does seem like an obvious ending point for the president on revenue. but the speaker is looking, don't forget, for a different number on cuts. what will the president do on spending cuts. and today senator daughter bin said thdurbin would not be ableo increase the retirement age from medicare and that was something of a blow for the gop. they were surprised to hear that. the white house in the briefing said that's not true. that's not a position the white house has ado. so different sides on that position. probably speaker boehner will want to hear what the president has to say on that, wolf. >> thanksery much. stay on top of i and let us know when you hear from speaker boehner. >>> the other top story we're following right now, the bombshell announcement a little while ago that susan rice is w
boehner says $800 billion. in the olden days they would just split the different at 1.2 trillion, come up with some number in between. is that likely this time? >> well, that's the number that has been banting around. it does seem like an obvious ending point for the president on revenue. but the speaker is looking, don't forget, for a different number on cuts. what will the president do on spending cuts. and today senator daughter bin said thdurbin would not be ableo increase the...
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he says then -- seems to be where boehner is now. raise tax revenue capping deductions, limiting loopholes, not raising tax rates. >> if you listen to the president's entire statement he said as part of a larger tax reform proposal. the fact is you can't get the revenues that are necessary simply by eliminating deductions, unless you want to whack the middle class, and that's not something we can afford to do now. let's also make the point, wolf, that everyone in america will benefit if we extend the tax cuts for, incomes under $250,000. you get the tax cut the first $250,000. but if we're going to deal with the debt problem, we have to do it in a balanced way. raising rates is part of what we need to do. >> one of the things republicans would tell you, when we created the bush tax cuts for everyone, including the wealthy, government revenues went up from 1.8 trillion to 2.5 trillion. >> 2001 and 2003? >> over a four-year period after bush tax cuts were put in place. why not stay with that, keep the economy growing. that's $700 billi
he says then -- seems to be where boehner is now. raise tax revenue capping deductions, limiting loopholes, not raising tax rates. >> if you listen to the president's entire statement he said as part of a larger tax reform proposal. the fact is you can't get the revenues that are necessary simply by eliminating deductions, unless you want to whack the middle class, and that's not something we can afford to do now. let's also make the point, wolf, that everyone in america will benefit if...
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that's why most lawmakers are not boxing boehner in. would you go for that? >> i think we have to look at the whole package and as i've said, let's leave everything out here. >> reporter: now, boehner said publicly he is still optimistic about getting a deal done but privately in that meeting with house republicans today, several lawmakers came out and told us that the speaker told them not to make any plans for christmas. wolf? >> does that mean all 435 members of the house, 100 senators are going to be told to stay here during that christmas week leading up to new year's? >> reporter: it is entirely possible. what leaders have done in the past, even as recently as last week, is sent home rank and file members while the leaders stayed and negotiated. but as we get closer to the holidays, it's entirely possible, even maybe probable that they will keep everybody here in case they actually do get a bill and they will be able to pass it fast. we know that when things move, they actually move very quickly and en there's a will to get out of here, particularly as
that's why most lawmakers are not boxing boehner in. would you go for that? >> i think we have to look at the whole package and as i've said, let's leave everything out here. >> reporter: now, boehner said publicly he is still optimistic about getting a deal done but privately in that meeting with house republicans today, several lawmakers came out and told us that the speaker told them not to make any plans for christmas. wolf? >> does that mean all 435 members of the house,...
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>> speaker boehner and i speak frequently. and, you know, i think the issue right now -- >> so, when? when will the two of you sit down in a room? >> you know, i don't think that the issue right now has to do with sitting in a room. >> reporter: in part, the white house was burned by the debt ceiling negotiations of 2011, when lots of meetings failed to stave off a fiscal nightmare. but there's another strategy at play. some in the administration say they learned in the first term the best way to break washington stalemates, rally the public to their cause. here's how the president put it to cbs news. >> so getting out of this town, spending more time with the american people, i need to do a better job of that in my second term. >> a better job of explaining? >> well, explaining, but also inspiring. >> now, wolf, for now, negotiations between the white house and congressional republicans are on deep freeze. at the white house, they are just waiting for the republicans to blink and agree to raise rates for the wealthiest. repub
>> speaker boehner and i speak frequently. and, you know, i think the issue right now -- >> so, when? when will the two of you sit down in a room? >> you know, i don't think that the issue right now has to do with sitting in a room. >> reporter: in part, the white house was burned by the debt ceiling negotiations of 2011, when lots of meetings failed to stave off a fiscal nightmare. but there's another strategy at play. some in the administration say they learned in the...
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boehner's position was a million dollars a year. is it reasonable to think that maybe between 400,000 and a million, maybe there's some compromise in the works, 600,000, 700,000 that both sides could live with? >> reporter: more wiggle room but not a lot. their feeling, the democrat's feeling is that they have given a lot, that they have compromised, and that frankly they have leverage and that republicans have to give more. so -- and as you know, wolf, a lot of the democrats, i'm sorry, believe that they have the political advantage if the nation does go over the cliff, americans will end up blaming the republicans. now, we could argue -- look at that and say, in the short term that may be the case. when the history books are written, it might be the president who's blamed in the long term, who knows. but that's the argument for the short term and that's the calculus being made. so a little bit of wriggle room on more cuts by democrats and a different -- somebody put something on the podium so i think we might be getting close to t
boehner's position was a million dollars a year. is it reasonable to think that maybe between 400,000 and a million, maybe there's some compromise in the works, 600,000, 700,000 that both sides could live with? >> reporter: more wiggle room but not a lot. their feeling, the democrat's feeling is that they have given a lot, that they have compromised, and that frankly they have leverage and that republicans have to give more. so -- and as you know, wolf, a lot of the democrats, i'm sorry,...
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i am not surprised in the sense, no offense to speaker boehner. one thing you do when you talk to staff, the romney staff is in close communication with leadership staff. the house and senate side, let them know if they're doing a major policy thing, if in the neighborhood. mitt romney met privately with mitch mcconnell, speaker boehner. not a lot of communication because they don't know each other, romney is unknown, and in part on purpose. he doesn't want to run as somebody tainted by washington. last thing he wants is to be seen shoulder to shoulder, even though he would like advice. >> i sense from the capitol hill side of things that the speaker is very comfortable with talking about the vice presidential picks, very comfortable with names on the top of the list. >> i think he is comfortable with it, to the point about mitt romney, he is not a schmoozer. mitt romney is not a politician comes out, pats you on the back, thinking about tim pawlenty. mitt romney don't do that. three people know about the vice presidential pick and where it is, th
i am not surprised in the sense, no offense to speaker boehner. one thing you do when you talk to staff, the romney staff is in close communication with leadership staff. the house and senate side, let them know if they're doing a major policy thing, if in the neighborhood. mitt romney met privately with mitch mcconnell, speaker boehner. not a lot of communication because they don't know each other, romney is unknown, and in part on purpose. he doesn't want to run as somebody tainted by...
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. >> john boehner made a point at expressing dismay the president hasn't responded two days after the republicans sent him a fiscal cliff counteroffer. >> if the president doesn't agree with our proposal and our outline, i think he's got an obligation to send one to the congress. and a plan that can pass both chambers of congress. >> by trying to keep gop frustration on the president, boehner appears to be keeping conservative lawmakers off his own back for now. >> what's mood inside the conference. >> very united, very supportive with the speaker. >> multiple sources tell cnn in a private meeting with house republicans, boehner got no flow back for producing $800 billion in tax revenue, despite backlash from conservative groups outside congress. >> any complaints about this new revenue? >> i didn't hear anything. >> the speaker has full support of the conference to move forward and get something done for the american people. >> so far, rank and time republicans are allowing boehner to play out this showdown, trying to look reasonable while the president is intransigent. especially si
. >> john boehner made a point at expressing dismay the president hasn't responded two days after the republicans sent him a fiscal cliff counteroffer. >> if the president doesn't agree with our proposal and our outline, i think he's got an obligation to send one to the congress. and a plan that can pass both chambers of congress. >> by trying to keep gop frustration on the president, boehner appears to be keeping conservative lawmakers off his own back for now. >>...
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white house speaker john boehner saying this is just president obama trying to distract from the poor job numbers that we saw out on friday. >> what would happen -- i know you've been checking with your sources over there, brianna, if the house of representatives, which has a lopsided republican majority and the senate, which has a narrow democratic majority, but they're half a dozen democrats who may vote with republicans on this one. let's say they pass legislation to extend the bush tax cuts for another year for everyone. middle class as well as wealthy, would the president of the united states veto that legislation? >> white house press secretary jay carney said today he would veto that, wolf. and it is a very good question since it's something that parking light obama passed in 2010, or signed into law in 2010, i should say. what's interesting and we pressed jay carney on this during the briefing. he said that the president would veto an across the board extension. i asked him, what about if the threshold were $1 million. what it for americans making $1 million and less instead o
white house speaker john boehner saying this is just president obama trying to distract from the poor job numbers that we saw out on friday. >> what would happen -- i know you've been checking with your sources over there, brianna, if the house of representatives, which has a lopsided republican majority and the senate, which has a narrow democratic majority, but they're half a dozen democrats who may vote with republicans on this one. let's say they pass legislation to extend the bush...
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house speaker john boehner negotiating by phone with the president monday afternoon. the speaker's office released this photo to show he is trying to cut a broad deal to reduce the deficit and avert the fiscal cliff, even though he's also now pursuing what he calls plan "b." >> our plan "b" would protect american taxpayer, who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. >> according to sources in the room, the speaker described this backup plan to house republicans as a way to try to inoculate the gop from political blame if fiscal cliff compromise talks fail. >> the point was, we have to face reality. the reality is that the president was re-elected, that taxes, if we do nothing on every american are going up on january the 1st. >> reporter: another goal of this new plan "b" tactic, try to force the president to agree that any package to reduce the deficit be equal parts tax increases and spending cuts. >> that, at this point, would be my version of a balanced approach. >> reporter: part of the republican strategy is also to call the
house speaker john boehner negotiating by phone with the president monday afternoon. the speaker's office released this photo to show he is trying to cut a broad deal to reduce the deficit and avert the fiscal cliff, even though he's also now pursuing what he calls plan "b." >> our plan "b" would protect american taxpayer, who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. >> according to sources in the room, the speaker described...
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and i think that's what we heard john boehner doing. and today the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell came out and said, you know, we're not going to say anything until we speak out in the conference later this week, a major latino conference of elected officials. what mitt romney is doing is he's saying, look, i'm going to focus on the economy. jobs is the number one issue for hispanic voters. the economy is the number one issue for hispanic voters. and the campaign is making a bet that those hispanic voters who believe immigration is the number one issue are going to be voting for president obama anyway. so he's going to stay on message. now, whether he will go beyond what he said, which is he wants some version of the dream act for the children of military families, for example. we'll have to wait until that conference. but expect him to talk a lot more about the economy and hispanics. >> marco rubio, he had his own ideas about a modified version of the dream act. he's the very popular republican senator from florida. where do
and i think that's what we heard john boehner doing. and today the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell came out and said, you know, we're not going to say anything until we speak out in the conference later this week, a major latino conference of elected officials. what mitt romney is doing is he's saying, look, i'm going to focus on the economy. jobs is the number one issue for hispanic voters. the economy is the number one issue for hispanic voters. and the campaign is making a bet that...
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house speaker boehner says 2013 should be the year he says we begin to solve our debt through tax and entitlement reform. don't hold your breath. for starters, there's not that much time left for this lame duck session of congress. after all, they have to get their thanksgiving and christmas vacations in, right? and the democrats might want to wait until january when they have a larger majority in the senate. then there's always the possibility that congress settles on a smaller deal, a temporary one. kick the can down the road again. but if nothing is done, taxes will go up for every single american, and we'll be looking square at another recession next year. none of this will be easy on americans' pocketbooks. that's the question. how will the fiscal cliff affect the way you handle your money. post a comment on my blog, or go to my post on "the situation room's" facebook page. >> love that analogy to thelma and louise. >>> and the growing scandal between two top generals and two married women. one powerful lawmaker describes it as something right out of a tabloid. joining us now fro
house speaker boehner says 2013 should be the year he says we begin to solve our debt through tax and entitlement reform. don't hold your breath. for starters, there's not that much time left for this lame duck session of congress. after all, they have to get their thanksgiving and christmas vacations in, right? and the democrats might want to wait until january when they have a larger majority in the senate. then there's always the possibility that congress settles on a smaller deal, a...
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that step, you can be sure that republicans pounced on that -- the spokesman for house speaker john boehner in a statement raising questions now that the white house itself is involved in a "cover-up" or even lying to this statement. still, republicans on this committee are moving towards this vote. this after a marathon day of hearings on the matter. just listen here to a little bit of the debate, wolf, unusually caustic and bitter even for this partisan congress. >> it shouldn't be a political witch hunt against the attorney general of our country and our president in an election year. i must say, mr. chairman, i am offended personally by your calling the attorney general a liar. >> this is not about eric holder. it is about the department of justice and justice in the united states of america. have the guts -- i hope we have the guts and the perseverance to get to the bottom of this. we have nearly 2,000 weapons purposely -- purposely given to drug cartels. we have hundreds of dead people in mexico. we have a dead united states border patrol agent. and we have a government that's withhol
that step, you can be sure that republicans pounced on that -- the spokesman for house speaker john boehner in a statement raising questions now that the white house itself is involved in a "cover-up" or even lying to this statement. still, republicans on this committee are moving towards this vote. this after a marathon day of hearings on the matter. just listen here to a little bit of the debate, wolf, unusually caustic and bitter even for this partisan congress. >> it...
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john boehner versus the president of the united states. and we want to just look at the sound bites from today and talk about how much of this is posturing and how much of this is sort of revealing a bottom line. let's listen. >> when i came out the day after the election and make it clear that republicans will put revenue on the table, i took a great risk. and then the white house spends three weeks trying to develop a proposal. and they send one up here that calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes, calls for a little -- not even $400 billion in cuts, and they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater than the amount they're willing to cut. i mean, it was not a serious proposal. and so right now we're almost nowhere. >> -- this should come as a surprise to anybody. we had debates about it, a lot of tv commercials about it. and at the end of the day a clear majority of americans, democrats, republicans, independents, they agreed with a balanced approach to deficit reduction and making sure that middle class taxes don't go up. f
john boehner versus the president of the united states. and we want to just look at the sound bites from today and talk about how much of this is posturing and how much of this is sort of revealing a bottom line. let's listen. >> when i came out the day after the election and make it clear that republicans will put revenue on the table, i took a great risk. and then the white house spends three weeks trying to develop a proposal. and they send one up here that calls for $1.6 trillion in...
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. >> remember, we also heard this week he'd spoken to speaker boehner, no doubt spoken to mitch mcconnell. and they want to have some sort of coordination here at least in the leadership. so i'm sure there are a lot of phone calls that went back and forth particularly. and obviously i think they were taken with marco rubio thing. it's going to be about process, not about the end result. >> yeah. let's not forget that mitt romney now is the leader of the republican party for all practical purposes. candy will have more sunday morning on "state of the union." 9:00 a.m. eastern and noon eastern as well. >>> we have much more on this story. coming up i'm going to talk about the new policy with the woman in charge of actually implementing it, the homeland security secretary, janet napolitano. she'll join us. is her agency ready for the massive amount of work coming up in the days and weeks to come? >>> and the news had latinos in some cities pouring into the streets in celebration. >>> and senator john mccain actually goes after one of mitt romney's biggest financial supporters. that and much
. >> remember, we also heard this week he'd spoken to speaker boehner, no doubt spoken to mitch mcconnell. and they want to have some sort of coordination here at least in the leadership. so i'm sure there are a lot of phone calls that went back and forth particularly. and obviously i think they were taken with marco rubio thing. it's going to be about process, not about the end result. >> yeah. let's not forget that mitt romney now is the leader of the republican party for all...
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. >> i was curious, interested the speaker, john boehner, he urged republicans, don't spike the football, don't overly gloat or anything like that, deal with this but don't go crazy. >> it was in a memo he sent out to his members. he said exactly that. don't spike the football here. the acknowledgment is while they're happy it's repealed, they also know millions they don't want to be cheering if americans are negatively impacted by this decision. so it's a delicate balance for both sides. >> we'll be watching. thanks very much. >>> the video went viral. a gang of pre-teens hurling endless insults at their bus monitor. the outrage over the bullying case came back in spades. funds are pouring in for the humiliated grandmother. we're going to study the power of social media. that's coming up. >>> and is the man in this video a brazen art thief? a valuable painting goes missing from a manhattan gallery. and later, a rare sight especially in a suburban florida neighborhood. look at this. two bears locked in what looks like mortal combat. we have the video -- you'll see more of it. ♪ i hear
. >> i was curious, interested the speaker, john boehner, he urged republicans, don't spike the football, don't overly gloat or anything like that, deal with this but don't go crazy. >> it was in a memo he sent out to his members. he said exactly that. don't spike the football here. the acknowledgment is while they're happy it's repealed, they also know millions they don't want to be cheering if americans are negatively impacted by this decision. so it's a delicate balance for both...
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on boehner not to cut a deal with obama who said, let's try to win the election instead. that was the -- that was the conservative approach. and boehner seems to be positioning himself as at least -- according to his latest comments, as much more of a conciliator -- >> if there is a softening on the part of the republicans, especially house republicans, sit because of the election? >> i think it has to be. the two big policy decisions republicans in congress have to make after the election is on taxes and immigration. those are the two issues that are coming down the pike for them. taxes is first, immigration will be second. and the two issues, where if you look at the exit polls, they lost on both those issues to president obama. you hear a lot of conservatives in the more intellectual class of conservatives saying, get off the idea of tax rates basketball the end-all, be-all. and some conservative leaders are listening in congress. >> bill crystal, an intellectual leader of that conservative wing, if you will, he said, a lot of democrats in hollywood get to benefit mill
on boehner not to cut a deal with obama who said, let's try to win the election instead. that was the -- that was the conservative approach. and boehner seems to be positioning himself as at least -- according to his latest comments, as much more of a conciliator -- >> if there is a softening on the part of the republicans, especially house republicans, sit because of the election? >> i think it has to be. the two big policy decisions republicans in congress have to make after the...
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then we went through the months and months of talks between the president and boehner, both times boehner could not deliver because they refused because of grover norquist to allow any taxes for revenues whatsoever. we had meetings with the vice president biden and cantor. he walked out of it. he's the majority leader in the house. we had this supercommittee and they were doing good things. good things. dealing with entitlements and revenues and a week before they were to report, by virtue of a statute, i get a letter signed by virtually every republican, too bad about the supercommittee. we're not going to do anything with revenues. >> okay. i think that's a good place to end this. what you're hearing is the history of what has happened to bring us to this point. i want to bring in our congressional correspondent dana bash. dana, i was just sitting here imagining someone turning on their tv thinking, what a these people talking about? and i think i would sort of boil it down to this. when they are talking on the floor, that's never a good sign. they should be talking in a back room. they
then we went through the months and months of talks between the president and boehner, both times boehner could not deliver because they refused because of grover norquist to allow any taxes for revenues whatsoever. we had meetings with the vice president biden and cantor. he walked out of it. he's the majority leader in the house. we had this supercommittee and they were doing good things. good things. dealing with entitlements and revenues and a week before they were to report, by virtue of a...
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house speaker john boehner has set up a rapid response team that will flood tv, radio and social media. and he's laying the ground work for a battle in congress. >> if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what's left of it. >> but the obama administration still believes the health care law is the most effective and efficient way to ensure americans so as the clock counts down, there is some tension here. but, candy, i don't know if you were watching the briefing earlier today. a moment of levity when white house spokesman jay carney was asked where the president would be when his announcement made, he said in the war room. he earlier said the war room was his own office. so we don't know exactly where the president will be. and it's unclear whether or not he will step before the cameras to make some sort of reaction comment to the ruling. but this is no joking matter. this is a big deal for the president. he put it all on the line on health care reform. and now they have to wait to see what the supreme court will decide. >> dan lothian, get some
house speaker john boehner has set up a rapid response team that will flood tv, radio and social media. and he's laying the ground work for a battle in congress. >> if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what's left of it. >> but the obama administration still believes the health care law is the most effective and efficient way to ensure americans so as the clock counts down, there is some tension here. but, candy, i don't know if you were...
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start with you, ari, this is a clip from john boehner. he was talking earlier today about these negotiations to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. >> so right now all eyes are on the white house. the country doesn't need a victory lap. it needs leadership. it's time for the president, congressional democrats to tell the american people what spending cuts they're really willing to make. >> so here's the question, ari. why go public with those kinds of concessions? don't you make those kinds of concessions in private negotiations as opposed to speaking publicly about them right now and giving away your own leverage, if you will? >> yes, you do. you have to make those in the private talks. not in the public maneuvering that's going on. but i also worry that it's not being said in the private talks. and that's why you're hearing speaker boehner say what he's saying. wolf, i'm getting a growing sense from the people that i talk to that there's a real exasperation where we are where we were in 2011 with nothing happening in these talks. that ca
start with you, ari, this is a clip from john boehner. he was talking earlier today about these negotiations to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. >> so right now all eyes are on the white house. the country doesn't need a victory lap. it needs leadership. it's time for the president, congressional democrats to tell the american people what spending cuts they're really willing to make. >> so here's the question, ari. why go public with those kinds of concessions? don't you make...
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it's so interesting that boehner had that page number, right on hand when he needed to use it. but another big issue that came up today, dana, is s&p down -- the potential downgrade. s&p last year downgraded the u.s. credit rating when congress failed to reach a deal. now moody's is threatening another downgrade if there's no deal. boehner as well as senate leaders were asked about it and it seems again, shockingly, they are not on the same page. >> reporter: they're not on the same page, and the house speaker said that he's, yoet, not confident at all. he said that to our deidra walsh, that congress will come up with a deal. and the window we're talking about here is about seven to eight weeks between the election and the end of the year. well, democrats jumped on that today, saying that they see the glass as half full. i asked the senate democratic leader why he's so optimistic. he said that he thinks that in the elections, it will show that the tea party strength is significantly weak and the translation is, democrats insist that they feel that they'll have leverage after th
it's so interesting that boehner had that page number, right on hand when he needed to use it. but another big issue that came up today, dana, is s&p down -- the potential downgrade. s&p last year downgraded the u.s. credit rating when congress failed to reach a deal. now moody's is threatening another downgrade if there's no deal. boehner as well as senate leaders were asked about it and it seems again, shockingly, they are not on the same page. >> reporter: they're not on the...
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this was a campaign, the romney campaign, very much focused on where are the jobs, that john boehner slogan was very much the centerpiece of their argument for gaining the white house. and so now we're talking about medicare, but i think the republicans have very much been on the offensive on this. they had a campaign ad out. now you obviously see obama on the defensive, an odd place, i think, for the democrats to be. >> it's an incredibly odd place, michael. and if you look at karl rove, look at the editorial page of the "wall street journal." they think maybe there's a tipping point. they're trying to make the case, and maybe it's all they can say, but they're trying to make the case, if they actually have a policy debate about medicare. after a few years in which every american has made tough choices, maybe they can turn this issue in their favor for once. >> the karl rove position is that, in the past, you have not had democratic legislation that took any money away from medicare, and the obama health care bill did take some money away. now it's mostly to providers and not benefi
this was a campaign, the romney campaign, very much focused on where are the jobs, that john boehner slogan was very much the centerpiece of their argument for gaining the white house. and so now we're talking about medicare, but i think the republicans have very much been on the offensive on this. they had a campaign ad out. now you obviously see obama on the defensive, an odd place, i think, for the democrats to be. >> it's an incredibly odd place, michael. and if you look at karl rove,...
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boehner is not a strong leader. he doesn't have the pork and the earmarks anymore since they've been banned. and a lot of the incoming -- or the folks that came in in 2010, the tea party folks, they look at the tom delay are era and say -- >> they're both long time qulil wat capitol hill watchers, and we have to ask you are you seeing any sway now in following boehner? is he losing support? >> obviously the fact that he thought that he would be able to bring the bill last week to the floor to raise taxes on everybody making a million dollars or more and then had to pull it before he even brought it up for a vote, that gives you your answer. the answer is yes. he went out so far on a limb it almost broke off saying he was going to do it, it was going to pass. what he was trying to do i'm told from sources, familiar with the meetings that he had leading up to the decision which didn't go anywhere, was try to save republicans from themselves. he understands, he's an old time -- you you covered him for years in congress
boehner is not a strong leader. he doesn't have the pork and the earmarks anymore since they've been banned. and a lot of the incoming -- or the folks that came in in 2010, the tea party folks, they look at the tom delay are era and say -- >> they're both long time qulil wat capitol hill watchers, and we have to ask you are you seeing any sway now in following boehner? is he losing support? >> obviously the fact that he thought that he would be able to bring the bill last week to...
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you see john boehner, the speaker of the house, he's going through the process as well. and within the next few minutes they will formally begin the role call of states. as you know, you need 1,144 delegates in order to be the nominee. let's check in with dana bash. she's on the floor right now. dana, set the scene for us. i want our viewers to get a flavor of what's going on with this upcoming role call. >> reporter: well, what's going on is mitt romney was just formally nominated and that nomination was seconded. he was nominated by an official from the state of virginia, a swing state. and it was seconded by his top advisor, ron kaufman from romney's home state of massachusetts. now what's going to happen is as you said the role call will begin. so they're going to go through all of the states. and the states will announce who they are going to throw their hat in for for the nomination. that will be for the most part mitt romney. one of the moments of drama, if there is one, it's symbolic drama, but it is drama, that we're looking forward to down here on the floor is
you see john boehner, the speaker of the house, he's going through the process as well. and within the next few minutes they will formally begin the role call of states. as you know, you need 1,144 delegates in order to be the nominee. let's check in with dana bash. she's on the floor right now. dana, set the scene for us. i want our viewers to get a flavor of what's going on with this upcoming role call. >> reporter: well, what's going on is mitt romney was just formally nominated and...
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who are is from ohio as is boehner. and today former new york mayor rudy giuliani chimed in with this. >> i think marco rubio would be the best choice. >> why? >> i think he's the most exciting. i think the concentration on what he can do with the hispanic vote is a little narrow. yes, he'll help with the hispanic vote. but he'll help with young people too. he's of a different generation. he makes outreach much more possible to younger people, people in their 30s. where republican party has a little bit of a deficit. >> so, donna, come on in and join in with this. marco rubio, portman, who do you think would be the best choice for mitt romney? >> you know, tim pawlenty, tom thune. >> pick one. >> i don't have a favorite in this ball game. >> who would he be smart to pick. >> i think there's a problem with number one. look, i think tim pawlenty would be a great target for mitt romney. he's out there, he's been vetted a little bit in the public. the last thing mitt romney needs right now is another candidate out there who
who are is from ohio as is boehner. and today former new york mayor rudy giuliani chimed in with this. >> i think marco rubio would be the best choice. >> why? >> i think he's the most exciting. i think the concentration on what he can do with the hispanic vote is a little narrow. yes, he'll help with the hispanic vote. but he'll help with young people too. he's of a different generation. he makes outreach much more possible to younger people, people in their 30s. where...
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john boehner came out and spoke. i heard a lobbyist saying the american people don't have patience, we have to get this done right a way to a very senior democratic leader of the senate and that seems to be case. we'll talk about that and why the president so far has been silent on that issue. plus tonight wolf and kate ann stevens will receive an award for her brother the common ground award from the secretary of state. she also met with the president today a and his national security adviser. ann stevens will be our guest tonight in her first u.s. television interview. >> the sister of the slain u.s. ambassador libya. good idea. i'm looking forward to that. thanks, erin. thieves carry out a dramatic heist rolling up to a jewelry store inside a london mall. get this on motor bikes and it's all caught on tape. dad vo: ok, time for bed, kiddo. lights out. ♪ (sirens) (train horn) ♪ vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. [ male announcer ] a europea
john boehner came out and spoke. i heard a lobbyist saying the american people don't have patience, we have to get this done right a way to a very senior democratic leader of the senate and that seems to be case. we'll talk about that and why the president so far has been silent on that issue. plus tonight wolf and kate ann stevens will receive an award for her brother the common ground award from the secretary of state. she also met with the president today a and his national security adviser....
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. >>> not long ago house speaker john boehner raised some eyebrows when he said there's a one in three chance republicans would lose the house in the fall. how is he feeling now? >>> and every month you pay your rent. you wonder if you should be buying and paying a mortgage instead. we've got the answer. homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief, i have an opportunity to affect what happens in...
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do you think john boehner -- and you know john boehner, the speaker of the house, do you think he can do with this president what gingrich and clinton did back in the '90s after the president was re-elected? >> well, i do. and i think it's essential that he also understand his own caucus. and i think when the election's done, remember, they were trying to defeat the president. mitch mcconnell said my number one goal is to defeat the president. that has failed. now there's political peril. also, the senate democrats picked up seats. across the country. so not in one region. so they're clear about that. and the president's always going to be open to different ideas, but not change the goals. and the goal is not just an economic strategy based on austerity but one that's pro-growth, pro-middle class that allows job creation while you're bringing fiscal discipline to washington. it's not one or the other. it's both. obviously john boehner is wanting to work with the president. he's already expressed some opening to do that. it's going to take a while to get there, but if there's a willing
do you think john boehner -- and you know john boehner, the speaker of the house, do you think he can do with this president what gingrich and clinton did back in the '90s after the president was re-elected? >> well, i do. and i think it's essential that he also understand his own caucus. and i think when the election's done, remember, they were trying to defeat the president. mitch mcconnell said my number one goal is to defeat the president. that has failed. now there's political peril....
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they've been saying that the next move is up to speaker boehner. and they wanted to see specific details so that they could actually begin the negotiations. what we see in this statement is that they feel he did not provide those details. now, the speaker and the president will see each other tonight we think at a holiday reception here at the white house. we'll see if they will actually discuss this, wolf. >> all right. the republicans hated the democratic initial proposal. the white house hates the republican counterproposal. we'll have much more in our next hour, jessica, thank you. >>> and you're in "the situation room." happening now, president obama issued a clear warning to the president bashar al assad. there will be consequences if you use chemical weapons against your own people. new details of the tragedy that shocked the sports world. an orphaned newborn baby. what drove an nfl player to commit a murder/suicide. >>> and a royal pregnancy results in a royal health scare. why morning sickness has land the duchess of cambridge in the hospi
they've been saying that the next move is up to speaker boehner. and they wanted to see specific details so that they could actually begin the negotiations. what we see in this statement is that they feel he did not provide those details. now, the speaker and the president will see each other tonight we think at a holiday reception here at the white house. we'll see if they will actually discuss this, wolf. >> all right. the republicans hated the democratic initial proposal. the white...
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i know john boehner called him in and said, you're out. it's over for you and in a few hours chris lee decided he was no longer a u.s. congressman. it sounds to me like the pressure is senator as far as akin is concerned. >> it comes down to numbers and simple arithmetic. if you talk to republican strategists, they feel they need to win if the republicans are going to take back the senate. they thought they had that in todd akin if they were just able to coast into november. claire mccakascaskill was down e polls. if todd akin stays in the race, the race could be lost and it could cause republicans to not have the ability to take back control of the senate. >> i'm sure the senator, the incouple want is hoping he stays in the race. that's not going to be a very competitive race if he does. thanks very much for that. mark preston in tampa. we'll be heading to tampa ourselves this weekend. meanwhile, skinny dipping in the holy sea of galilea. just ahead, shocking revelations about what happened when 30 republican lawmakers went on an importan
i know john boehner called him in and said, you're out. it's over for you and in a few hours chris lee decided he was no longer a u.s. congressman. it sounds to me like the pressure is senator as far as akin is concerned. >> it comes down to numbers and simple arithmetic. if you talk to republican strategists, they feel they need to win if the republicans are going to take back the senate. they thought they had that in todd akin if they were just able to coast into november. claire...
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. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner even flipping the president's own message to his advantage. >> he's not going to use this horrific event to push for new gun laws. i agree. >> reporter: and the politics of gun policy remain exactly the same, a non-starter. top democratic leaders know that. openly recognizing they don't have the votes and don't sense the political will avoiding pointed questions on the issue tuesday. >> i'm not going to be debating magazine size and everything here with you today. >> what kind of gun control policy changes after aurora are you concerned losing to democrats? >> i'm concerned about the people who died there and getting all the facts as to how that happened, what mental health issues involved here are and how he acquired the guns. >> do you think republicans might be willing to work with you on gun control? >> you'll have to ask them. >> and while there was clearly some blaming and finger pointing going on on capitol hill, which is of course not new, virtually every democrat supporting stricter gun laws in so many words today made clear that unti
. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner even flipping the president's own message to his advantage. >> he's not going to use this horrific event to push for new gun laws. i agree. >> reporter: and the politics of gun policy remain exactly the same, a non-starter. top democratic leaders know that. openly recognizing they don't have the votes and don't sense the political will avoiding pointed questions on the issue tuesday. >> i'm not going to be debating magazine size...
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but a spokesman for speaker john boehner says he'll take a look. >>> the white house is defending president obama's decision on executive privilege against attorney eric holder. it says past presidents have is done the same thing. house oversight committee chairman darrell issa is slamming the president for not turning over documents related to the bat to the botched fast and furious situation. >>> a new nickname for london's popular landmark. big ben will be renamed elizabeth tower after the queen. david cameron says the change is a fitting recognition of her service of 60 years. nice gesture, not sure it's going to take. >> they have to redo the chevy chase movie, "vacation." elizabeth clock, parliament. never mind. tonight's moment you may have missed. president obama poking fun at my red sox. and in boston. here's what happens. here's what happens. listen. >> i just want to say, thank you for youkilis. [ laughter and booing ] >> too soon. that's kevin youkilis right there in a boston red sox uniform. he was traded to the president's chicago white sox. press secretary jay carney who happ
but a spokesman for speaker john boehner says he'll take a look. >>> the white house is defending president obama's decision on executive privilege against attorney eric holder. it says past presidents have is done the same thing. house oversight committee chairman darrell issa is slamming the president for not turning over documents related to the bat to the botched fast and furious situation. >>> a new nickname for london's popular landmark. big ben will be renamed elizabeth...
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that's the fourth ranking leadership position in the house republican leadership with john boehner, eric canter and kevin mccarthy ahead of her. that's big news for house republicans. also big news on the democratic side of the house today after much, much speculation, nancy pelosi announced she'll stay on for another two years as a top democrat in the house. but that wasn't the only message she was sending today. despite losing the gavel to republicans in 2010 and failing to win it back last week, nancy pelosi says she's staying. >> i have made a decision to submit my name to my colleagues to once again serve as the house democratic leader. >> reporter: flanked by dozens of her democratic female colleagues, pelosi clearly relished the chance to draw a stark contrast with house republicans. >> i'm so proud to stand here with you, my sisters. this is girls morning out. we must have the further empo r empowerment of women. this statement of the strength of women in the congress of the united states. >> reporter: the next congress will have a record 78 women serving in the house. 58 of them
that's the fourth ranking leadership position in the house republican leadership with john boehner, eric canter and kevin mccarthy ahead of her. that's big news for house republicans. also big news on the democratic side of the house today after much, much speculation, nancy pelosi announced she'll stay on for another two years as a top democrat in the house. but that wasn't the only message she was sending today. despite losing the gavel to republicans in 2010 and failing to win it back last...
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and speaker boehner's office says that's not just now it happened. it's really a he said she said for the ages. >> but kind of fascinating because everyone really wanted to get inside and find out who blew up the deal and how it went down. part of the discussion throughout has been these two men didn't know each other well when they were taking on this negotiation. how much have they been in contact since then? >> they have these meetings when leaders of both houses have gotten together, but not, no direct conversations really seriously beyond that and i did ask speaker painer, they have this fiscal cliff to negotiation. i said, are you going to call the president? he said, he's the president. what does that mean? we'll work it out! sounds like not much has changed. >> yeah. by the way, wednesday, i'm going to be sitting down with bob woodward and he goes through all this stuff. new details. the interview will air wednesday night. you'll see it. >> great. >> thank you. >>> just in time for halloween, a new candy corn version of the oreo. some say it'
and speaker boehner's office says that's not just now it happened. it's really a he said she said for the ages. >> but kind of fascinating because everyone really wanted to get inside and find out who blew up the deal and how it went down. part of the discussion throughout has been these two men didn't know each other well when they were taking on this negotiation. how much have they been in contact since then? >> they have these meetings when leaders of both houses have gotten...